The increasing interest and spiking values of sports cards and memorabilia over the last 12 months has been a boom for insurance companies too. “Our activity is at a level that I have not seen in the 28 years I’ve been in the insurance industry,” said Thomas S. Finkelmeier Jr., whose company specializes in insuring sports collectibles, told Sportico's Michael McCann for this … [Read more...]
Card Collection Became Unclaimed Property; Now Reunited with Original Owner
Sometimes those “unclaimed property” announcements from your state government can be worth looking into. A St. Louis area man who thought he’d lost part of his sports card collection for good got a nice surprise this week. Kevin Kelly accumulated a sizeable collection but stashed some of it away about 20 years ago inside a safe deposit box. Eventually, he forgot … [Read more...]
Storage Shed Sports Card Find Just Kept Giving
It began as a toy story for Rob Du Brey but ended as a card collector’s dream. Du Brey lives in Bellingham, Washington. He likes to buy collections, and he has done a good deal of selling through eBay. “You never know when you look at a collection whether anything is good in there,” the 37-year-old said. “Ninety percent of it is usually junk.” Not this time. Du Brey … [Read more...]
More to 1981 Topps Football Set than Joe Montana Rookie Card
The 1981 Topps football set has a clearly identifiable headliner in the Joe Montana rookie card. Montana's rookie isn't only the biggest card in that set, it's one of the top football cards of the 1980s. But there's more to the issue than simply that card. Here are five other rookies from the 1981 set worth chasing - and the great news is that they're all highly … [Read more...]
Blog Notes: Donruss Co-Founder Dies, Montana RC Record, Game-Worn News
Donruss Co-Founder No Longer with Us Russel Wiener passed away Wednesday in Memphis, less than two weeks shy of his 95th birthday. Wiener and his brother Don co-founded the company in 1954, using their first names to create the business moniker. Donruss made various gum products and a variety of non-sports card sets it packaged with gum and was eventually purchased by … [Read more...]
Joe Montana Rookie Card Still Cool
For fans who have followed the franchise since it rose to prominence in the early-1980s, it can be a bit hard to believe that more than three full decades have passed since the face of the franchise arrived in the Bay Area via the University of Notre Dame. While many season ticket holders can still remember the calm pocket presence, smooth delivery and pinpoint … [Read more...]
Best Football Rookie Cards of the 80s
For the most part, the best football cards of the 80s have rarely changed. Many of the players collectors were anxious to pull in 1984, 1985 or 1986 are still considered elite today. Until 1989 when other companies received NFL licenses and changed the game, a player’s rookie card wasn’t issued until after his first pro season. That meant that we sometimes knew by then … [Read more...]